Scott Takeda

Scott Takeda

Born: March 21, 1967
in Colorado, USA
Born in Colorado, Scott Takeda got his start in television in 1990 as a TV news reporter in Pocatello, Idaho (KIDK). As his career grew, he then moved on to newsrooms in Ohio (WTOL), Denver (KCNC), and finally Philadelphia (WPHL) where he worked behind the camera as a producer-photojournalist. During his time as a TV journalist, he won regional Emmy awards and two "Photographer of the Year" titles.

In 1995, he joined the staff of "News-for-Kids" and spent three seasons producing segments for the Emmy-award winning syndicated children's show. During that time, he also formed his own production company, producing the documentary film "The Holocaust: Colorado Remembers." With his company, Scott has also won more than thirty national Telly Awards as well as the international Gold WorldMedal from the New York Festivals.

In 2001, he made his national acting debut as Sgt. Tai Lee in the Animal Planet series "Busted."

He now enjoys living multiple creative roles (as an actor in front of the camera and a producer-writer behind the camera) while living in Colorado.

- IMDb Mini Biography

Movies for Scott Takeda...

Title: National Treasure: Edge of History
Character: Auctioneer
Released: December 14, 2022
Type: TV
While searching for history's greatest treasure, Jess Valenzuela unburies her family's secret past.
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Take the Night
Title: Take the Night
Character: Chang Father
Released: July 8, 2022
Type: Movie
When a resentful brother organizes a prank kidnapping, he unwittingly hires career criminals who have plans of their own.
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The Thief Collector
Title: The Thief Collector
Released: March 13, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, vanished into the Arizona desert after being cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the $160 million painting was found hanging in the home of Jerry and Rita Alter in rural New Mexico.
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A Picture Perfect Holiday
Title: A Picture Perfect Holiday
Character: Bill
Released: November 13, 2021
Type: Movie
Gaby Jones, fashion photographer, takes a holiday retreat against her desire by advise of her friend. She will then find that there's more behind a photo when she meets wildlife photographer Sean.
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Title: The Premise
Character: Doctor Hopkins
Released: September 16, 2021
Type: TV
This anthology series about timeless moral questions in unprecedented times, takes provocative concepts and brings them into the open, delivering three-dimensional, character-driven stories with humor and heart.
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Sweet Pecan Summer
Title: Sweet Pecan Summer
Character: Tom
Released: August 28, 2021
Type: Movie
Amanda must work with her ex-boyfriend, J.P., to sell her favorite aunt’s pecan farm. Putting aside their differences, old feelings start to rekindle and they question their life paths.
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Once Upon a Main Street
Title: Once Upon a Main Street
Character: Billy
Released: November 29, 2020
Type: Movie
Amelia Lewis is super excited when she buys an available storefront, planning to open a year-round Christmas shop. But her celebration comes to a screeching halt when she discovers that Vic Manning has also bid on the property. After continually bickering and trying to one-up each other, the two combatants learn to work together and even get the merchants on Main Street to put aside their differences for the greater good.
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Model Citizen
Title: Model Citizen
Character: Mr. Mobely
Released: January 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Amanda, a fashion model, and a single mother is kidnapped by two brothers with plans to sell her on the dark web. Held hostage in a remote cabin, Amanda must do whatever it takes to escape her captors and get back to her daughter.
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Title: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Character: Menkies Judge
Released: November 12, 2019
Type: TV
A group of East High students countdown to the opening night of their school’s first-ever production of “High School Musical.” Showmances blossom; friendships are tested while new ones are made; rivalries flare and lives are changed forever as these young people discover the transformative power that only a high school drama club can provide.
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Title: The Resident
Character: Xavier Lee
Released: January 21, 2018
Type: TV
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
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The Tale
Title: The Tale
Character: Master of Ceremonies
Released: January 20, 2018
Type: Movie
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
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Stalked by My Ex
Title: Stalked by My Ex
Character: Rich
Released: December 15, 2017
Type: Movie
After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
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The Space Between Us
Title: The Space Between Us
Character: Dr. Gary Loh
Released: January 26, 2017
Type: Movie
A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.
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Code of Honor
Title: Code of Honor
Character: Attorney Ito
Released: May 6, 2016
Type: Movie
Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, teams up with the local police department to bring his former commander to justice and prevent him from further vigilantism.
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Title: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Character: Ed Faber
Released: March 4, 2016
Type: Movie
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.
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Gone Girl
Title: Gone Girl
Character: Producer
Released: October 1, 2014
Type: Movie
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
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Title: Star-Crossed
Character: Dr. Lerner
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
When Emery was 6 years old, an alien spacecraft crash-landed in her small town. Whether they came in peace or with more sinister intentions didn't matter: a fierce battle erupted as humans fought for control over their new rivals, an alien species called the Atrians. In the midst of the conflict, Roman, a 6-year-old Atrian boy, found his way to a shed behind Emery's house, where she temporarily protected him from harm, bringing him food, comfort - and friendship. Ten years later, the Atrians have been acclimated to life on Earth, but they are interned in a heavily-guarded camp known as the Sector to keep them separate from humans. Now, for the first time, a group of Atrian teens will enroll in a suburban human high school, with the goal of testing the feasibility of human/alien integration. Emery and Roman find each other again in a school and a society that distrusts everything about the Atrians. While the world around them rages with anger and prejudice, their bond becomes increasingly strong and increasingly dangerous.
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Dallas Buyers Club
Title: Dallas Buyers Club
Character: Mr. Yamata
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
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Title: The Americans
Character: David Sato
Released: January 30, 2013
Type: TV
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
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Title: Chicago Fire
Character: Doctor Delara
Released: October 10, 2012
Type: TV
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
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Title: Grimm
Character: Mr. Adams
Released: October 28, 2011
Type: TV
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
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Everything Must Go
Title: Everything Must Go
Character: Bank Manager
Released: May 13, 2011
Type: Movie
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
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Lemonade Mouth
Title: Lemonade Mouth
Character: Stella's Dad
Released: April 15, 2011
Type: Movie
When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in history! In the face of incredible odds, Olivia, Stella, Wen, Mohini and Charlie find they can make a real difference when they learn to lean on each other and let go of everything holding back their dreams.
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Text
Title: Text
Character: Dr. Tanaka
Released: October 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Four friends search for the answers to a series of deadly text messages killing students at their high school.
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Attending
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.